and shortly thereafter-- within a year or so-- the lord chamberlain's office collapsed and went away. maybe it was because they realized her majesty was never going to go to the theater. i don't know. over the years, have you seen a difference between reaction to your work in this country and reaction elsewhere? i think there's always been a slight difference in reaction. no, that-- i hate to generalize. i have found over the years, 'cause i've had a lot of my work done in europe and other places, that european audiences, i think, are better trained when they're in school as to the nature of theater and serious theater, and so they go to the theater with more information and with more tolerance for ideas, i think, than, generally speaking, audiences do in this country. but that's a generalization, and i don't like it. there was censorship, by the way, of who's afraid of virginia woolf? the archdiocese of boston-- when we were doing the play in boston, they had some objections, and i-i didn't approve any of the changes. i think they wanted eight or nine minor changes. i am told that my

proves we can host this world cup we've already held the nine hundred eighty olympic games and the chamberlains league final which everyone was happy with and the fact that we won the bid for the sochi olympics also proves that we are able to host any big sports events all that was stacey been stair reported give us giving us more details on the fifth official's visit here in moscow now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the last u.s. combat troops have left iraq nearly two weeks ahead of schedule the planned withdrawal deadline has been set at august thirty first over fifty thousand troops are to remain in the country through twenty eleven to advise iraqi forces and protect u.s. interests. in pakistan many of those in need of vital supplies following the devastating flood say aid isn't reaching them international donors have pledged millions of dollars more to help the country following criticism from relieved groups that the response to the disaster has been too slow floodwaters are still at their peak levels in some places hampering a war pakistani officials say si